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Military service
Service number:
J/27239
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
440 Sqdn.
Death:
February 28, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 279.
Additional information
Son of Sidney and Ethel Gibbs, of Peterborough, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Robert Gibbs
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Photo of WILLIAM ROBERT GIBBS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM ROBERT GIBBS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of William Gibbs
William Gibbs was with RCAF 128 Squadron before joining 440 Squadron. This picture is part of F/L Walter Neil Dove's collection. Both were stationed in Newfoundland in December 1943. -
Photo of William Robert Gibbs
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Group Photo
Me, Jug Ross and Gibby From Walter Neil Dove's collection Walter Dove is on the left -
Group Photo
William Gibbs on the left Caption Bill Gibbs and Don McMillan From Walter Neil Dove's collection -
Photo of William Robert Gibbs
Billy Gibbs sent by Roy Morrison a cousin of William Gibbs -
Letter
Letter to Mrs. Gibbs, explaining the circumstances of her son's crash. LAC, Ottawa. -
Circumstances of Death
Circumstances of crash. LAC, Ottawa. -
Newspaper clipping
WILLIAM GIBBS MISSING
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Gibbs
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 518 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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